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                                             A Guide for Graduate Students Preparing for a PhD Defense  
                                                                                                                    in  
                                                                                 Arts, Sciences and Engineering 
                        
                       Table of Contents 
                        
                            I.   Before Defense 
                                        a.     Get Permission to Start Writing 
                                        b.     Nominate a Faculty Member to Serve as Chair for Your Defense 
                                        c.     Selecting a Defense Date 
                                        d.     International Students and Work Visas 
                                        e.     Registration Categories for Defense 
                                        f.     Dissertation Writing and Guidelines 
                                        g.     Rooms for Your Defense 
                                        h.     Preparing Your Dissertation for Defense 
                                        i.     Registering Your Dissertation for the Final Oral Exam 
                         II.     The Defense 
                                        a.     Know the Rituals 
                                        b.     Guidelines for Presentations 
                                                    i.   Use PowerPoint 
                                                   ii.   Public Lecture 
                                                  iii.   Audience 
                                                  iv.    Dress Professionally 
                                                   v.  Items to Bring to the Defense 
                                                  vi.    The Closed Examination 
                                                 vii.    Address Questions with Confidence 
                                                 viii.   Outcomes 
                        III.     After the Defense 
                                        a.     Student Status 
                                        b.     Final Corrected Copies of the Dissertation 
                                        c.     Department/Program Requirements Prior to Termination of Student Status 
                                        d.     Publishing Your Final Dissertation 
                                        e.     Binding Your Final Dissertation 
                                        f.     Date of Degree Completion 
                                        g.     Date of Degree Conferral 
                                        h.     Commencement 
                                        i.     Proof of Completion 
                                        j.     Student Loans 
                                        k.     Health Insurance 
                                        l.     UR Email Address 
                                        m.  Stay in Touch 
                        
                       Arts, Sciences and Engineering Graduate Studies Office                                                                                                             Page 1 of 10 
                       A Guide for Graduate Students Preparing for a PhD Defense in Arts, Sciences and Engineering                                                    Revised February 24, 2014 
                                                                                                              
                              A Guide for Graduate Students Preparing for a PhD Defense in  
                                                         Arts, Sciences and Engineering 
                I. BEFORE DEFENSE 
                Get Permission to Start Writing 
                After completing all course, exam and research requirements for your program of study, there are 
                several things that must be done before a thesis defense can occur. Most importantly, you must meet 
                with your advisory committee to ensure that everyone agrees that the work is ready to defend.  You 
                will need to decide on a date by which the defense should occur.  You should also inform your 
                Graduate Administrator that you have started the process to prepare for your defense.   
                Nominate a Faculty Member to Serve as Chair for Your Defense 
                A Chair is appointed for each PhD oral defense exam to monitor and promote fairness and rigor in the 
                conduct of the defense. Instructions for the Chair can be accessed on the AS&E Intranet by faculty 
                and staff.  The Chair’s status as a non-member of the student’s program or department enables 
                distance from previously established judgments on the candidate’s work.  
                      
                You must identify a faculty member to serve as Chair for your defense. This individual must be a 
                current full-time faculty member at assistant professor rank or higher from outside the department 
                offering the degree program or not a core member of the interdisciplinary degree program faculty.  
                The selection of the Chair is subject to the approval of the department/program, the Dean of 
                Graduate Studies in Arts, Sciences and Engineering and the University Dean of Graduate Studies. 
                Selecting a Defense Date 
                You should begin scheduling the actual defense date three months in advance to ensure that your 
                advisor, all committee members and your appointed Chair are able to be present at your defense and 
                that rooms are available on the date and time selected.    
                 
                The academic calendar includes important dates for defense for each semester of the academic year.   
                When you and your advisor begin thinking about defending, check the academic calendar for 
                deadlines.  Defenses may be held on any day the University Graduate Studies office is open for 
                business (i.e., not weekends, evenings, or holidays, or the days between Christmas and New Years).  
                 
                It is permissible for a member of your committee to participate in the defense remotely via Skype, 
                with the exception of your advisor and the Chair—you, your advisor and the Chair of the committee 
                must all be physically present in the room for the defense.  Additionally, if a member of your 
                committee plans to participate via Skype, all committee members must agree to the arrangement, 
                including the appointed Chair; someone other than you and your committee must handle the IT setup 
                and be on standby for any problems; and if during the defense, anyone involved finds the remote 
                participation arrangement or quality of transmission is interfering with the defense, he or she may 
                request that the defense be rescheduled.  Participation of a committee member by Skype must be 
                approved by the AS&E Dean of Graduate Studies and the University Dean of Graduate Studies before 
                the dissertation is registered for defense. 
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                A Guide for Graduate Students Preparing for a PhD Defense in Arts, Sciences and Engineering           Revised February 24, 2014 
                                                                                                              
                 
                When all members of your committee and your Chair agree to a specific date and time for the 
                defense, inform your Graduate Administrator of the scheduled defense date as soon as you possibly 
                can but no later than 6 weeks prior to your defense date.  Your Graduate Administrator will advise 
                you of any program-specific requirements for the defense as well as work with you to prepare for 
                your thesis defense. Check with your Graduate Administrator to determine the procedure for 
                registering your thesis electronically.  You should provide your committee members at least two 
                weeks to read and comment on your dissertation before the date you need to register your 
                dissertation. 
                International Students and Work Visas 
                We strongly recommend that international students meet with an International Services Office (ISO) 
                representative as soon as permission to start writing is granted.  The ISO will provide information on 
                visa options, documentation, and timelines for applying for a visa for employment in the US.   
                Registration Categories for Defense 
                In your final semester (the semester in which you defend), you will register for one of the following 
                registration categories: 
                 
                999: “Dissertation” non-credit bearing registration category that indicates the PhD student has 
                completed all of the requirements for the degree except the dissertation and is in residence as a full-
                time student.   
                     •    You must be in residence full-time.   
                     •    You are eligible for student health insurance, loan deferments, and University housing, but 
                          you are not eligible for financial aid in the form of student loans.   
                           
                995: “Continuation of Enrollment” non-credit bearing registration category that indicates the PhD 
                student has completed all of the requirements for the degree except the dissertation and is not in 
                residence as a full-time student. When registered for Continuation of Enrollment, your time status is 
                “X”, meaning less than part-time.   
                     •    Appropriate if you have left the University prior to completion for a job or personal reasons 
                          but have a defense planned during the upcoming semester.   
                     •    You are not eligible for student health insurance, loan deferments, University housing, or 
                          financial aid in the form of student loans.    
                Dissertation Writing and Guidelines 
                The University of Rochester offers the manual “Preparing Your Thesis” to graduate students to help 
                you to bring your dissertation up to the required standard of organization, appearance, and format 
                for the University of Rochester. Before preparing the defense copy of your dissertation, check the 
                contents of the manual carefully. In so doing, you may avoid mistakes that can be time-consuming 
                and costly to correct.  The manual does not deal with the art of scholarship. There are numerous 
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                A Guide for Graduate Students Preparing for a PhD Defense in Arts, Sciences and Engineering           Revised February 24, 2014 
                                                                                                              
                guidebooks and style manuals available for dissertation writers. However, before beginning the 
                writing of your dissertation, you should consult with your Advisor regarding preferred styles. 
                 
                Including material produced by other authors in your dissertation can serve a legitimate research 
                purpose, but you want to avoid copyright infringement in the process. Republishing someone else's 
                work, even in abbreviated form, requires permission from the author or copyright owner. You must 
                receive permission from the author(s) and include it with your submission before it can be published 
                in your dissertation.  For detailed guidance on avoiding copyright infringement, please see Proquest’s 
                Copyright Guide.  
                Rooms for Your Defense 
                You must reserve a room for your oral presentation and for your closed exam. Check with your 
                Graduate Administrator to determine who will schedule the room for your thesis defense.   
                Preparing Your Dissertation for Defense 
                The University requires that you provide copies of the dissertation to your committee members and 
                for the faculty member who will chair the exam.   You should check with your committee members to 
                see if they prefer printed copies or electronic copies (or both).  If they select printed copies, these 
                copies do not need to be printed on heavy-weight, expensive paper unless there is the need to do so 
                for figures and images.     
                 
                Printing and binding a dissertation can be expensive. Most students use the Copy Center to print and 
                bind their dissertations. If you have questions about the process, including turn-around time for the 
                finished product, call (585) 275-3879 or visit the Medical Center Copy Center location.  Binding at the 
                Copy Center is black tape binding. Printing at the Copy Center includes a proof before the final copies 
                are printed and this can take up to a week; it is advisable to check into turnaround time well before 
                printing is needed.   
                 
                On occasion, some students use FedEx/Kinkos to print and bind their dissertations.  FedEx/Kinkos 
                offers a 24 hour turn-around time for printing and binding, which is a plastic spiral and is perfectly 
                acceptable.  Although requesting a proof copy will extend the turn-around time at FedEx/Kinkos, it is 
                advisable to do so before your final copies are printed. Printing costs are generally higher at 
                FedEx/Kinkos.     
                Registering Your Dissertation for the Final Oral Exam 
                In order to register your dissertation, you, your program’s Graduate Administrator, or both of you 
                together, will need to create a record in the University of Rochester Graduate Studies PhD 
                Completion website.  This record will include your degree information, your past degrees, important 
                contact information, and attachments including the defense version of your dissertation in pdf 
                format, and other relevant documents provided by your Graduate Administrator.  The version of 
                your dissertation attached to your online record is considered the registration copy.   
                 
                When your PhD completion record is finalized by your Graduate Administrator, committee members 
                will receive emails with links to access your record and approve your dissertation to progress to 
                Arts, Sciences and Engineering Graduate Studies Office                                                              Page 4 of 10 
                A Guide for Graduate Students Preparing for a PhD Defense in Arts, Sciences and Engineering           Revised February 24, 2014 
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